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Stylize


Basic Tab

Create Output In New Layer Above Current
Applying a filter with this option enabled renders your image in a new layer above the working layer (in Photoshop and Elements only). Note that switching filters within Snap Art disables this feature. If you want to apply a filter in a new layer, make sure you start with the filter you plan to apply.

Warning: Clear this checkbox when recording Photoshop actions. An action recorded with this option enabled will have no effect.

Stylize Mode

Colored Illustration
The image is reduced to large areas of uniform color. Then dark lines are drawn along strong edges.

Line Art
Only the edge lines of the Colored Illustration mode are drawn. The rest of the image is filled with the canvas color.


Line Art mode.

Feature Size
Controls the size and spacing of the edge lines and the size of features retained from the original photo.


Larger Feature Size (left) simplifies the image. Smaller Feature Size (right) renders smaller lines and more detail.

Number of Lines
Higher values draw more edge lines.

Shadow Threshold
Higher values increase the area rendered as dark shadows.

Posterization
The amount of color reduction. Lower values result in fewer solid filled areas.

Pen Color
Color of the edge lines. For more information on selecting colors, see Color Selection Tools.

Pen Style
The pen style controls how strokes vary in thickness along their length.

Pen Style Effect
Controls how much the pen style affects the strokes. Turning this down makes the strokes more uniform in thickness.

Pen Width
Larger values make thicker edge strokes.

Line Flexibility
Higher values allow strokes to hug edges. Lower values make strokes straighter and less true to the edges in the original image.

Random Seed
Controls the random elements of this filter. Click it until you get a result you like.


Colors Tab

The original photo is sent through the following color transformations before it is turned into art. These controls are an easy way to make dramatic changes in the final image.

Saturation
Saturation controls the intensity of all colors in the photo. High saturation yields a more vibrant image, while lower yields a more muted image.

Contrast
Increasing this slider brightens highlights and darkens shadows. Increasing contrast will usually make the image more dramatic at the expense of losing detail in highlights and shadows.

Brightness
Brightness lightens or darkens the entire image.


Canvas Tab

Canvas Texture
This is the pattern used for the canvas. The canvas affects where pigment sticks and where light brightens the paper.

Canvas Thickness
The strength of the canvas effect on the media and lighting.

Canvas Zoom
The size of the canvas pattern.

Canvas Color
The image is filled with this color before the dark edge strokes are drawn. For more information on selecting colors, see Color Selection Tools.

Render on Image
This is only active in Line Art mode. When this option is enabled, the edge strokes are drawn on top of the original image.


Lighting Tab

Direction
Controls the direction from which the light falls on the canvas. Click and drag within the lighting control box to change the direction, or enter a value between 0 and 360 degrees.

Inclination
Controls the angle formed by the light and the page. Click and drag within the lighting control box to change the inclination, or enter a value between 0 and 90 degrees.

Highlight Brightness
Controls the intensity of the shiny highlights appearing on areas facing the light.

Highlight Size
Controls the size of the shiny highlights on areas facing the light; higher values yield larger highlights.

Highlight Color
Choose any color for the shiny highlights. For more information on selecting colors, see Color Selection Tools.


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